Jose de Iturrigaray

Jose Joaquin Vicente de Iturrigaray y Arostegui (1742-1815) was a general of the Spanish Army during the Seven Years War, French Revolutionary Wars, and Peninsular War. He served as the Viceroy of New Spain from 1803 to 1808 and was charged with disloyalty to the pro-Napoleon I Spanish government and arrested.

Biography
Iturrigaray was born to a Basque family in Navarre, and joined the army to fight in the 1762 Spanish invasion of Portugal. In 1793, now a general under Carlos IV of Spain, Iturrigaray fought the French in the French Revolutionary Wars and Portugal once more in 1801.

In 1803, Iturrigaray was appointed as the Viceroy of New Spain, but in 1808, after King Carlos IV and later King Fernando VII of Spain were deposed, Iturrigaray supported independence and was overthrown. He was brought to Spain and imprisoned for disloyalty, and in 1810 he was released from jail in an amnesty.